Finding the Happy – Day 1

I’m more or less in the home stretch.  Wednesday marks 30 weeks which means I have 7-12 (ish) weeks left until my little baby girl is born.  I’m having more “over it” days than “yay I’m pregnant” days lately due to the growing discomfort and severe lack of sleep.  Truth be told, we’re getting more and more stressed out, too.  Money is growing irritatingly tighter, there’s still a lot to get done, Stephen’s work load is up and down, and I feel pretty much useless most of the time since the growing pain in my hips prevents me from doing any extended physical activity.  I’m an emotional roller coaster – one moment I’m finding something funny, the next I’ve dissolved into tears.

Couple that with the growing anxiousness as the birth gets closer – will everything go okay, will she be healthy, will we be prepared enough, are we going to be good parents, are we going to be able to pay the medical bills (stupid insurance company…) etc. etc.

In the midst of all of that, I’ve decided to take on a little project that I hope to stick with and complete mostly because I think it will be good for me and keep me thinking as positively as I can.

The basic gist is I’m going to take a picture of one thing that helps me “find the happy” in each day or in my life in general, big or small.  I’m going to take one picture a day for the whole month of March.  That’s 31 pictures of happy…hopefully.

Today’s is a little late, most of you won’t see it until tomorrow but here we go.

March 1 – My pregnant body

Even though I have wicked heartburn, pain in my hips, soreness in my back, and Olivia has found one particular spot she likes on my ribs so much that it hurts to breathe now, I love how my body looks at this time.  I happen to think the pregnant form is one of the most beautiful things on the face of the planet and I’m not ashamed of mine whatsoever.

I urge you to do the same – find something around you that helps you “find the happy” when you’re pissed off, depressed, overwhelmed, tired or just stressed out.

Many wonderful thanks to @tami_moore for the awesomely cute bunnies in the banner!